I am a concerned citizen who works in North reclamation area and lives in Inayawan Pardo. I drive to work every day via the SRP and Sergio Osmena Blvd., which is where the entrance of the SRP tunnel is. There have been several occasions already wherein the traffic is so heavy that it is backed up all the way to Sugbutel, near SM… We are talking about more than 2-km of traffic jam. The main cause of this traffic is the little chapel that is located near the corner of S. Osmena Blvd & V. Sotto St., Barangay Tinago. I do not know why the barangay captain/Citom allows this chapel to obstruct almost one-third of the entire road even during rush hour in the morning and late afternoon. Worse is that there is even nobody staying there.

We respect and sympathize with the family/relatives of the departed who want to mourn their loved ones. But I think they should also consider the thousands of commuters/PUV/drivers who are very much inconvenienced by this setup.

I suggest they put up their tent even around 7 p.m. where traffic in that area is lighter during that time. Last time this happened, there was an ambulance that was caught up in this jam in the area between pier 4 and 5. I hope the Citom, City Hall or Barangay Tinago look into this matter.

I’m sending you a video clip of the present problem here at Roga Subdivision, Kasambagan in Mabolo District. I already relayed our concerns with George Chang – councilor-elect of Barangay Kasambagan. He promised to help us. (That is what he said 5 years ago and until now nothing has been done about it. If you look at the video clip, you will see that stagnant water is beginning to pile up. This was just a small pool of water 5 years ago. But it looks to me like a lake now. With the rainy season coming by, we will get flooded for sure and the access road will not be passable. Taxis bring some residents home will have difficulty getting a ride if they know they are driving the resident to Kasambagan village. Other taxi drivers are willing to drive provided the passenger adds more fare. Please let me know who to send my email to a reporter that can report the progress or non action of our road and future health problem in Kasambagan. Stagnant water is sure breeding ground for mosquito carrying dengue virus. My fellow residents have asked me to send our SOS and with Sun.Star help, maybe some action can finally be done. I told them election is over and I hope that something positive will come out of our concerns. By the way, the access road wasn’t this bad. The residents have shelled our P30,000 from the Association dues just to smoothen the road. But because of big dump trucks passing there, it has deteriorated the road. This giant Filinvest is to blame, because they are building some condo units in the area. We are no match to these corporate giants, our barangay official seem to be turning a blind eye to our problem. So I am just airing this to the media to see if you can help us.

In this photo are garbage belonging to people in the squatters area or outside the subdivision. Even if there is a warning sign that says “Bawal ilabay ang basura,” they still dump their garbage there.

I won’t anymore report to barangay because they don’t have any action, and aside from that, they don’t keep private matters. They will be the one who will tell the people here who report this matter, putting the concerned citizen’s life in trouble.